Object

Representation ID: 1610

Received: 15/03/2021

Respondent: Mr Alan Elsegood

The description and assessment of Menston, prospective sites and facilities is heavily biased. It concedes that we have no brownfield sites but still proposes to consume what little available greenbelt we still have. There are very few jobs in Menston, most businesses are self-employment apart from the Co-op, chemist and Post Office, thus any new residents will have to commute to employment, adding congestion and carbon. Our village roads are already heavily constricted, congested and very busy at peak times. More houses would mean more traffic and we have few parking spaces in the village or at the railway station. This village is already chock-a-block. And recent development is not providing the sort of housing we want: if there were bungalows, some people could downsize and continue to live here amongst friends but the type of housing CBMDC is facilitating is just adding to our problems.